I rather liked that he had the deliberate bad taste to show a head-to-toe look in pink, complete with matching boots, and I told him so. It's a loud and proud editorial statement, a kapow to minimalists.

In general, the bold, graphic garments are an assault on the eyes, a little all over the place, and, in a few cases, aggressively ugly. Still: A few looks — a leopard-print coat over a lace dress, for instance, or a slinky zebra-print dress through which slivers of skin peek through — were exactly the kind of sexy fierce glamazon style Tom Ford's known for.